Recent content by SunIsLoco

Is there a humbucker that would sound similar to a lipstick pickup when split? I'm about to start a tele build with a humbucker neck, but it would be cool to retain the option for a classic sound there as well.

I have recently installed a custom shop twangbanger bridge into my American Professional Strat that came with V-Mod pickups. The stock pickups were in-phase and hum-cancelling in positions 2 and 4, and I had been led to believe that in order to preserved that, I should order SD pickups RWRP...

My strat has the jumper that allows the middle tone control to also control the bridge. However, to my ears, the middle and neck are much closer in EQ than middle and bridge - taming the bridge makes the middle a bit too dark. Is there a wiring option to have one tone control the middle and...

Hello! I have an American Professional strat with V-Mod pickups in all three positions. From what I can tell in the product info I've found online, the middle pickup is RWRP to be hum cancelling. Will I have any issues installing a standard Twang Banger in the bridge, in terms of phase and/or...

I'm looking for a replacement for a Pearly Gates bridge in a Les Paul studio. The PGB sounds very harsh and ice picky in the bridge of this one, and I've been looking for something sweeter and smoother. I'll be pairing it with a Jazz neck, which I love. I've narrowed it down to A2P, Slash or...

I'm looking for a new bridge pickup to match my Jazz neck in my Les Paul Studio, and I've narrowed it down to Seth Lover or A2P. This will be replacing a Pearly Gates that i really like but that gets a bit too harsh under gain. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with the differences...

Hello! I'm looking for a good bridge humbucker to pair with the Jazz neck. Right now I have a pearly gates in the bridge, and I like it well enough except under medium to high gain, it gets a bit too harsh. I tend to roll the tone back to 4 or 5, but then I lose some higher harmonics on the...

Is it possible to raise the pole pieces on a humbucker to the extent that you get a little bit more chime and snap akin to a P90 or single coil? I've heard of people removing the pole pieces altogether to achieve this effect, but I just want to thin out a fat humbucker a little bit, not get a...

I'm getting a staticky crackle when rolling the pots on my Les Paul. It happens when rolling either the volume or the tone pot, bridge or neck (I can only hear the bridge pots when toggle is down, neck pots when up, both in middle). I've tried exercising them all but it doesnt seem to be...

Anyone happen to know off the top of their heads which coil is wound hotter in the BB Pro?

What is the tolerance on the DC resistance spec for SD pickups? I just measured mine and they're both a bit low: PGB - 8.03 (8.1 spec) JazzN - 7.23 (7.5 spec) Are these values normal? What effect might the lower values have on the sound?

So I recently swapped out the Burstbucker Pros in my Les Paul Studio for a PGB and JazzN. I'm not quite sure if I like them, particularly the Jazz does not have the brightness and clarity that I thought it would. Its been 2 months since I switched them, and I honestly don't know if I actually...

Re: Neck pickup sounds weak and muffled after rewire Artie, since you're the resident expert on all things wiring around here, would you mind taking a look at my diagram to make sure it makes sense? Bridge Volume: - Pulled: splits bridge pickup to screw coil - Pushed: when Neck Tone is...

I just rewired my les paul with 4 push pulls, and now the neck pickup is super quiet and muddy sounding. I know I screwed something up, but I cant find any glaring issues. I know I cant expect someone here to diagnose the issue, but can anyone tell me if this is obviously symptomatic of...

If I wire up a virtual humbucker using the outer coils or inner coils in series together, are they hum DOUBLING instead of hum cancelling?